CollegeTransfer.Net

Course Criteria

Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.

  • NUR 135:

    4.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Program in Practical Nursing first trimester courses and Grade of C or above in sequential PN Program curriculum courses. Through theory and clinical experience, this course is designed to provide information on the physiologic and psychologic changes and adaptation of the mother and family to pregnancy. Emphasis is also placed on high risk categories, complications during labor and delivery, medical treatments, nursing interventions including client education, emotional and physical support, the normal newborn, and deviations from normal.
    ShareNUR 135 -
    Favorite

  • NUR 137: hrs Basic Pharmacology

    2.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Acceptance into the current Program in Practical Nursing at Mineral Area College. This course is designed to provide the student knowledge of basic principles of pharmacology, the various medication administration routes, dosage calculations, application of the nursing process to medication administration, and utilization of information sources. Dosage calculation and lab practicum exams are included and are required to be successfully completed to progress in the program.
    ShareNUR 137 - hrs Basic Pharmacology
    Favorite

  • NUR 138:

    12.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Program in Practical Nursing first & second trimester courses and Grade of C or above in sequential PN Program curriculum courses. This course is designed to prepare students to respond to a wide array of demands and changes with the current shifting of nursing care from acute care hospital to communitybased settings and the home. A continuing emphasis is placed on ethnic and cultural diversity, critical thinking through the nursing process, and client/family teaching about detection, prevention, and management of complications for clients being discharged within very few days of newly diagnosed major illnesses and surgeries. Concepts and challenges in client management, including concepts and general principles in perioperative, intraoperative, and postoperative client management, are stressed. Assessment, general management, and therapeutic interventions of specific pathophysiologic dysfunctions of major body systems as well as acute problems of infectious diseases are covered, and include exploration of legal and ethical decision-making issues to continue the emphasis of nurses as client advocates.
    ShareNUR 138 -
    Favorite

  • NUR 141: hr Applied Pharmacology

    1.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all courses in the first & second trimester and Grade of C or above in sequential PN Program curriculum courses. This course is intended to complete the pharmaceutical education started in first trimester Basic Pharmacology for beginning nurse generalists. Discussion includes the various drug classifications, profiles of drugs within each classification, their pharmacokinetics, physiological conditions for which they may be prescribed, their mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, adverse/side effects, dosages, contraindications, toxicity/ management of overdose, interactions, and the nursing process, including client teaching, for planning care for clients receiving agents within these classifications. These chapters are taught in tandem with the various medical-surgical topics included in Medical-Surgical nursing to enhance correlation of drug therapy with conditions of body systems. A clinical rotation for medication administration is included. As outlined in Basic Pharmacology: dosage calculations, preparation for drug administration, legal, ethical and cultural considerations, routes of medication administration, manipulative techniques for administering drugs, monitoring for therapeutic and side/adverse effects, and documentation are continued as points emphasized for successful completion of the clinical portion of this course.
    ShareNUR 141 - hr Applied Pharmacology
    Favorite

  • NUR 142:

    3.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Program in Practical Nursing first trimester courses, Maternity Nursing, and Grade of C or above in sequential PN Program curriculum courses. Designed to provide both classroom instruction and clinical experience to assist the student in identifying common disorders in children from infancy through adolescence and provide nursing care for hospitalized pediatric clients. Pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, other medical treatment, psychosocial and cultural implications, and nursing care and teaching of the client and family are emphasized. Nursing measures to alleviate non-adaptive responses utilizing the nursing process, application of communication skills in the pediatric setting, and discussion of the special needs of hospitalized children and medication administration are included to provide a holistic approach to effective pediatric nursing care.
    ShareNUR 142 -
    Favorite

  • NUR 143:

    4.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Program in Practical Nursing first trimester courses and Grade C or above in sequential PN Program curriculum courses. A course designed to introduce the student to history and trends in psychiatric nursing, major psychiatric theoretical models, the five axes of the psychiatric classification system, the major psychiatric illnesses inclusive of definitions, clinical manifestations, psychopharmacology, medical treatments, nursing interventions and milieu management. This course is intended to provide fundamental knowledge of mental health concepts and interactional techniques for the beginning nurse. The roles that emotions and stress play in the behavior of the client and client's family are emphasized to provide the student with a better understanding of behavior and provides a useful framework for planning and providing nursing care in any health care setting. Community-based mental health clinical experience is included.
    ShareNUR 143 -
    Favorite

  • OST 100: hrs Keyboarding I

    3.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    The development of sound techniques in touch keyboarding, with an introduction to manuscripts, business letters, and tabulation. For beginners.
    ShareOST 100 - hrs Keyboarding I
    Favorite
    Show comparable courses

  • OST 102: hrs Keyboarding II

    3.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: OST100 or equivalent. Instruction and practice directed toward improvements of speed and accuracy, with problems covering business letters, tabulated and technical reports, and various business forms.
    ShareOST 102 - hrs Keyboarding II
    Favorite

  • OST 108: hr 10 Key Numeric Skills

    1.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Fundamentals of operating the ten-key number pad on a calculator using touch techniques, with emphasis on speed and accuracy development.
    ShareOST 108 - hr 10 Key Numeric Skills
    Favorite
    Show comparable courses

  • OST 110: hrs Filing Systems and Records Management

    2.00 Credits
    Mineral Area College

    Prerequisite: OST100 or the equivalent. A comprehensive study of basic filing rules, procedures, equipment, and management of records. Manual filing procedures and rules as well as computer applications will be studied.
    ShareOST 110 - hrs Filing Systems and Records Management
    Favorite
    Show comparable courses
To find college, community college and university courses by keyword, enter some or all of the following, then select the Search button.
(Type the name of a College, University, Exam, or Corporation)
(For example: Accounting, Psychology)
(For example: ACCT 101, where Course Prefix is ACCT, and Course Number is 101)
(For example: Introduction To Accounting)
(For example: Sine waves, Hemingway, or Impressionism)
Distance:
of
(For example: Find all institutions within 5 miles of the selected Zip Code)